CIA agent Harry Wargrave is sent to aid Gen. Marenkov, a senior Russian official, who is defecting to the west. Wargrave decides they should travel to safety on a train across Europe, the "Atlantic Express". During the journey, they must survive attacks by terrorists and an avalanche, all planned by Russian spy-catcher Nikolai Bunin.

Lee Marvin
as Harry Wargrave

Robert Shaw
as General Markenkov

Linda Evans
as Else Lang

Maximilian Schell
as Colonel Nikolai Bunin

Joe Namath
as Leroy

Horst Buchholz
as Scholten

Mike Connors
as Haller

Claudio Cassinelli
as Molinari

Kristina Nel
as Helga Mann

David Hess
as Geiger
John Chard
Stop the train, I want to get off. Awful attempt at blending a political thriller with disaster movie shenanigans, Avalanche Express is also a sad end to the careers of Robert Shaw (Jaws/The Sting) and Mark Robson (The Seventh Victim/Bedlam). Both of whom died during the production. Plot essen...